BostonDynamic's SpotMini Is Out on Patrol

After showing off a demo of SpotMini opening a door like a velociraptor earlier this year, BostonDynamics is demoing their robodogs newest acquired skill. With no tether and no direct guidance, SpotMini can now go out on patrol and make its way through a noisy indoor area while avoiding objects and even mastering some stairs.

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As BostonDynamics notes in the video description, SpotMini is making this route all on its own but it isn't figuring its path out from scratch on the fly. Instead, Spot was trained on this exact path and given an opportunity to see where it was going ahead of time, slurping up data with its various cameras. So in that respect, SpotMini is (thankfully)nowhere near close to, say, being able to chase you through a forest or office park at full speed on an improvised route. But more quotidian guard duty? Not that far off, apparently.

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